The vaccination rate against measles in Germany is 92.9 per cent but it has been falling in recent years.

There are concerns the highly infectious disease is making a comeback as more parents refuse to have their children vaccinated.

The “anti-vaxxer” movement has been gaining momentum of late partly down to fears the vaccine may cause autism or other developmental disorders, but in fact there is no scientific evidence to support this.

The anti-vaxxer movement has been gaining momentum of late [Photo: Getty]

Germany wouldn’t be the first country to take action on unvaccinated children if they do issue a ban on unvaccinated children.

Back in 2016, the revolutionary initiative withheld end of year tax benefits from families which refused to vaccinate their children.

But in a bid to crack down on even further, stricter sanctions have now been introduced which mean citizens who refuse to keep up to date with immunisations face losing $28 (approximately £16) from their tax benefits every two weeks.

Analysis by the children’s charity Unicef found that the UK is among the worst high-income countries for uptake of the jab, with a total of 527,000 put at risk of infection over the past eight years.

The Unicef figures reveal that vaccination coverage among children reaching their second birthday in England is now 91 per cent, with just 87 per cent receiving the second dose by their fifth birthday.

This falls below the 95 per cent coverage experts believe is necessary to achieve “herd-immunity”, where outbreaks are effectively unable to spread.